For the quarter ended March 2025, Packaging Corp. (PKG) reported revenue of $2.14 billion, up 8.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.31, compared to $1.72 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.14 billion, representing a surprise of +0.03%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +4.52%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.21.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Packaging Corp. performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Segment Sales- Packaging: $1.97 billion versus $1.97 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.6% change.
- Segment Sales- Corporate and Other: $16.50 million versus $19.04 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.2% change.
- Segment Sales- Paper: $154.20 million compared to the $161.38 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5.9% year over year.
- Segment operating income (loss) excluding special items- Packaging: $284 million versus $275.21 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Segment operating income (loss) excluding special items- Corporate and Other: -$33.40 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of -$33.32 million.
- Segment operating income (loss) excluding special items- Paper: $35.60 million versus $35.20 million estimated by three analysts on average.
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Shares of Packaging Corp. have returned -9.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -8.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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